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Peace agreement accepted

    NAIROBI

    The peace proposal prepared by the OAU in Algeria has been accepted by Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers, said a statement released by the Ethiopian government 14 June. The Council had examined the OAU plan for the cessation of hostilities, said the statement, and had accepted and endorsed the proposal “realising that it complies with the principles and conditions enunciated earlier by Ethiopia”.

    The Ethiopian government also released a statement saying it had recaptured the western Eritrean town of Tesseney as a result of a “highly successful counter-offensive”. It claimed Ethiopian forces were attacked while withdrawing from western Ethiopia as a result of “a political decision made by the Ethiopian government” and said that Ethiopian defensive position had been attacked as well. Ethiopian forces had been “responding vigorously to Eritrean provocations on all three fronts” claimed the statement, despite having announced the war over on 31 May. Eritrea claims its forces were withdrawn from Tesseney, which is near the Sudan border.

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